Delap 18:43 - Nov 11 with 4813 views | Bangor31 | I think i heard on talksport that Delap has scored the most goals after 10 starts in the premier league. he has 6, i think Rooney had 5, Kane might have been 5 to,. Shearer was 3 i think. Just got me thinking, you think he tops that list whilst playing for a club just above relegation, those players were all starting with very good squads around them. Very impressive if i did hear it correctly |  | | |  |
Delap on 18:47 - Nov 11 with 3976 views | RadioOrwell | 75m quid right there |  | |  |
Delap on 18:57 - Nov 11 with 3872 views | LeoMuff |
Delap on 18:47 - Nov 11 by RadioOrwell | 75m quid right there |
It’s possible if he keeps this up, Evan Ferguson was linked £50m to Man Utd with 6 goals in 27. Delap 6 in 11 at same/similar age and in less creative team |  |
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Delap on 18:58 - Nov 11 with 3853 views | NorthLondonBlue2 |
Delap on 18:47 - Nov 11 by RadioOrwell | 75m quid right there |
I've been pretty impressed by Szmodics too and I wonder why he hasn't been grabbing more of the limelight? Certainly, if we had to sell, which I really hope we don't, we would see a very handsome return on the sums paid for Szmodics, Delap and Hutchinson to name but three. |  | |  |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:01 - Nov 11 with 3804 views | Bloots |
Delap on 18:47 - Nov 11 by RadioOrwell | 75m quid right there |
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£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:06 - Nov 11 with 3735 views | homer_123 |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:01 - Nov 11 by Bloots | |
That's not how buy back clauses work Blootsy! |  |
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Delap on 19:11 - Nov 11 with 3656 views | Vegtablue | I spotted an impressive list including those boys and it only contained top English strikers, so I wasn't sure if it was a cherry-picked list or if he has had the fastest start of any Englishman. Haaland got off to a flyer from memory and may have reached double figures in his first ten. |  | |  |
Yes it is.... on 19:13 - Nov 11 with 3623 views | Bloots |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:06 - Nov 11 by homer_123 | That's not how buy back clauses work Blootsy! |
...they can insert a fee that they can buy him back for as part of the sale. They usually have a time limit involved when they have to be activated. They are fairly common for young players being moved on by big clubs. They then buy them back and move them on for a big profit. They are different from a matching clause, which is what Villa had in place for Philogene. |  |
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Delap on 19:18 - Nov 11 with 3549 views | leftback | Surely it’s English strikers?? Didn’t Haaland have about 12? |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:20 - Nov 11 with 3525 views | RadioOrwell |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:01 - Nov 11 by Bloots | |
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Yes it is.... on 19:21 - Nov 11 with 3518 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Yes it is.... on 19:13 - Nov 11 by Bloots | ...they can insert a fee that they can buy him back for as part of the sale. They usually have a time limit involved when they have to be activated. They are fairly common for young players being moved on by big clubs. They then buy them back and move them on for a big profit. They are different from a matching clause, which is what Villa had in place for Philogene. |
The buy back clause is only valid for city though. So they’d have to be the ones after him rather than a generic release clause that any club could trigger. I’m not worried about losing him for at least a year |  |
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Yes it is.... on 19:22 - Nov 11 with 3494 views | Kieran_Knows |
Yes it is.... on 19:21 - Nov 11 by The_Romford_Blue | The buy back clause is only valid for city though. So they’d have to be the ones after him rather than a generic release clause that any club could trigger. I’m not worried about losing him for at least a year |
I would imagine City would only sign him back to then sell him straight on, so you’d have to hope any interested party wouldn’t be of interest to Delap. |  |
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£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:46 - Nov 11 with 3271 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:01 - Nov 11 by Bloots | |
Cant see it being that low. |  |
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What about when Haaland goes to Real Madrid? (n/t) on 19:46 - Nov 11 with 3265 views | Bloots |
Yes it is.... on 19:22 - Nov 11 by Kieran_Knows | I would imagine City would only sign him back to then sell him straight on, so you’d have to hope any interested party wouldn’t be of interest to Delap. |
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Yes it is.... on 19:47 - Nov 11 with 3254 views | Guthrum |
Yes it is.... on 19:22 - Nov 11 by Kieran_Knows | I would imagine City would only sign him back to then sell him straight on, so you’d have to hope any interested party wouldn’t be of interest to Delap. |
I'm pretty sure the rules don't allow a club to sell on someone they've just bought in the same window. |  |
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Yeah, you may be right.... on 19:48 - Nov 11 with 3235 views | Bloots |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:46 - Nov 11 by Marshalls_Mullet | Cant see it being that low. |
....but equally it's not gonna be anywhere near the figures being flung around. Otherwise it's pointless them having it in there. |  |
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Yeah, you may be right.... on 19:51 - Nov 11 with 3166 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Yeah, you may be right.... on 19:48 - Nov 11 by Bloots | ....but equally it's not gonna be anywhere near the figures being flung around. Otherwise it's pointless them having it in there. |
I think they tend to be 2-2.5 times the purchase price, so youre right about that. |  |
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They would def find a loophole. on 20:01 - Nov 11 with 3067 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Yes it is.... on 19:47 - Nov 11 by Guthrum | I'm pretty sure the rules don't allow a club to sell on someone they've just bought in the same window. |
Season long loan with an obligation to buy? |  |
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Delap on 20:06 - Nov 11 with 3013 views | gainsboroughblue |
Delap on 19:18 - Nov 11 by leftback | Surely it’s English strikers?? Didn’t Haaland have about 12? |
14! |  |
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What about when Haaland goes to Real Madrid? (n/t) on 20:14 - Nov 11 with 2924 views | Nomore4 |
What about when Haaland goes to Real Madrid? (n/t) on 19:46 - Nov 11 by Bloots | |
I heard Haaland was Barca bound. Marquee signing alongside the opening of the new No Camp |  | |  |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 20:16 - Nov 11 with 2911 views | bazza |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:46 - Nov 11 by Marshalls_Mullet | Cant see it being that low. |
20% buy back or sell on clause.. assuming 20% city don’t pay if they buy back? 20% we pay them if we sell to another club? |  | |  |
Yes it is.... on 20:16 - Nov 11 with 2901 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Yes it is.... on 19:47 - Nov 11 by Guthrum | I'm pretty sure the rules don't allow a club to sell on someone they've just bought in the same window. |
Unless they’ve changed them, I’m pretty sure they do |  |
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Yes it is.... on 20:20 - Nov 11 with 2847 views | MattinLondon |
Yes it is.... on 19:21 - Nov 11 by The_Romford_Blue | The buy back clause is only valid for city though. So they’d have to be the ones after him rather than a generic release clause that any club could trigger. I’m not worried about losing him for at least a year |
City might well have a but-back clause but I do think that Ashton would have inserted another clause stating that if a club offers so much that but-back clause becomes redundant. |  | |  |
Yes it is.... on 20:26 - Nov 11 with 2797 views | JakeITFC |
Yes it is.... on 19:13 - Nov 11 by Bloots | ...they can insert a fee that they can buy him back for as part of the sale. They usually have a time limit involved when they have to be activated. They are fairly common for young players being moved on by big clubs. They then buy them back and move them on for a big profit. They are different from a matching clause, which is what Villa had in place for Philogene. |
Some good news in that it’s City perhaps - they’re surely facing a transfer ban if they get punished this winter. |  | |  |
Yes it is.... on 21:38 - Nov 11 with 2406 views | crouchendyachtclub |
Yes it is.... on 19:47 - Nov 11 by Guthrum | I'm pretty sure the rules don't allow a club to sell on someone they've just bought in the same window. |
Villa did it with Archer in the summer. Something about never registering him so he was able to leave again. |  | |  |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 21:42 - Nov 11 with 2352 views | Stewart27 |
£20m - £25m City buy-back clause. (n/t) on 19:01 - Nov 11 by Bloots | |
I think City get first dibs on whatever we value him at when we sell him. For example we can’t go selling him to united for 60 million if city are prepared to pay that. |  | |  |
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